Demijohn



(No Model.)

A. ENKLER.

DEMIJOHN.

No. 348,665. Patented Sept. 7, 1886.;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT ENKLER, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

- DEMIJOHN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,665, datedSeptember '7, 1886.

Serial No. 205,383. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ALBERT ENKLER, of Ponghkeepsie, Dutchess county,State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Demijohn, of whichthe following specification is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in deinij ohns, and refers moreparticularly to the bottom of the same. This bottom is formed of aseries of crossing splints that are made in one piece with the uprightsor ribs of the demijohn, such ribs projecting from each of the ends ofthe splints.

The invention consists in the various features of improvementhereinafter more fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a detail face view of thebottom splints with their ribs broken off. Fig. 2 is a side view of thelower part of the deniijohn after the ribs have been turned up. Fig. 3is a similar view showing partof the weaving. Fig. 4- is a bot tom, andFig. 5 a side, view of the completed demijohn. A.

The letters a a a a represent four (more or less) rectangular or othersplints that are laid across one another to form the bottom of thebasket-work of the (lemij ohn. The splints a a are united by nails 1),as shown. Each splint a is made in one piece with four (more or less) ofthe ribs or uprights c of the demijohn. Two of these ribs project fromeach end of each splint a, as shown, and these ribs are produced bycutting rectangular pieces out of a long splint. I prefer to set theribs 0 back a short distance from the edges of splints a, for the reasonthat in this way the distances between the ribs when turned up will beequalized. The ribs 0 being turned up, as shown in Fig. 2, areinterwovcnby the horizontal weft d in the usual manner to form thebasket-work of the deinijohn. At the bottom, however, this weft is madeto form a flange, c, Fig. 4t,which overlaps the edge of the splints a,and thus not only forms a better finish, but also constitutes a supportfor the splints. This flange is produced by passing thelowermostweft-wands alternately above and below adjoining ribs 0, as shown.

A demijohn produced in the above manner, besides being of neatappearance and durable, may be manufactured at a reduced cost.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of splints a,made in onepiece with ribs 0 at each of its ends, the'ribs 0 being set back fromthe edges of the splints, with the weft d interwoven with said ribs,substantially as specified.

2. The combination of splints a,n1a'de in one piece with ribs 0 at eachof its ends, with the weft d interwoven with said ribs, and formingflange e, which overlaps the edges of splint-s a, substantially asspecified.

ALBERT ENKLER.

\Vitnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, Rom. H. ROY.

